ESCORTS Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

escorts 1 of 2

noun

plural of escort

as in guides

one that accompanies another for protection, guidance, or as a courtesy the mayor served as the First Lady's escort for her tour of the city

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verb

present tense third-person singular of escort

as in accompanies

to go along with in order to provide assistance, protection, or companionship a student from the college escorted my parents and me on our tour of the campus

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Recent Examples of escorts

Noun

The women, known as the Gilgo Beach Four, were all escorts in their early to mid-20s who went missing between 2007 and 2010. —

Kelsey Lentz, PEOPLE, 8 Apr. 2026 Most of the victims had been working as escorts in the Tri-State Area before going missing. —

Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026 His administration has pledged naval escorts for oil tankers to navigate the strait and has guaranteed insurance for ships that lost their coverage from maritime insurers. —

David Goldman, CNN Money, 6 Apr. 2026 Police escorts at the front of the No Kings protest quickly surrounded and separated the groups. —

Miriam Fauzia, Dallas Morning News, 29 Mar. 2026 Delta Air Lines suspended its airport escorts and red coat services for members of Congress and their staff because of the ongoing partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, the air carrier said Tuesday. —

Dan Mangan,leslie Josephs, CNBC, 24 Mar. 2026 According to Delta Air Lines, lawmakers will no longer receive special airport escorts or VIP treatment for services like upgrades and rebooking. —

Fernando Cervantes Jr, USA Today, 24 Mar. 2026 Along with skipping the lines, some members of Congress also request local police escorts to their gates. —

Patricia Murphy, AJC.com, 24 Mar. 2026 But, so far, there have been no escorts, and requests from shipping companies have reportedly been denied. —

Justin Fishel, ABC News, 16 Mar. 2026

Verb

If approved, an Iranian boat escorts the vessel through the territorial waters around Larak Island. —

Anniek Bao, CNBC, 2 Apr. 2026 The filmmaker escorts her back to Romania to try to find her birth mother. —

Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 20 Mar. 2026 Enriquez’s organization, Little Village Community Council, saw its volunteer walking group which escorts children to school, grow from 13 to 32 students. —

Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 16 Nov. 2025 Medlin escorts me down the hall to the judge’s office, where Skeet is in a meeting with some local men. —

Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025 The program shares safety resources and tips, escorts residents in the late evening, monitors for unwanted activity and discourages panhandling. —

Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 26 Aug. 2025 Foreign reporters can currently only enter Gaza when the Israeli military allows and escorts them. —

Filip Timotija, The Hill, 15 Aug. 2025 The winner will arrive by private car and be welcomed by a personal concierge who escorts them to the bed placed right next to the baseline. —

Jordi Lippe-McGraw, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025

Recent Examples of Synonyms for escorts

Noun

The guides, who are not credentialed educators, supervise students and act as motivators and mentors.

— Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 9 Apr. 2026
Multiple Sacramento Bee readers recently reached out to the service journalism team to ask for guides on where to eat when looking to save money and when hoping to splurge on a nice meal.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 8 Apr. 2026